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Anxiety, trauma and dissociationTerms for anxiety, trauma-related experiences and disruptions in integration or sense of self.8 termsAnxietyCompulsionDepersonalisation Assessment and measurementAssessment concepts, interviews, screening and rating tools used across mental health care.8 termsClinical assessmentClinical interviewMSE Cognition and neuropsychiatryCognitive functions and syndromes commonly assessed in mental health and general clinical care.8 termsAttentionCognitionConcentration Community and models of careService structures and practice approaches used to coordinate mental health care.8 termsACTCase managementCollaborative care Conditions, risk and safetyCommon mental health conditions and terms used in safety-focused clinical work.8 termsAnxiety disorderBipolar disorderDepressive disorder Documentation, law and ethicsTerms used in decision-making, lawful care, formulation and clinical documentation.8 termsAdvance statementCapacityClinical formulation Medicines and adverse effectsPsychiatric medicine classes and important movement-related adverse effects.8 termsAcute dystoniaAkathisiaAntidepressant Mental state examination domainsObservable and reported domains commonly organised within a mental state examination.8 termsAffectAppearanceBehaviour Mood and affectTerms describing reported mood and observed emotional expression.8 termsAffective rangeAffective reactivityAnhedonia Psychological therapiesStructured psychological approaches used across mental health care.8 termsACTBehavioural activationCBT Psychosis and perceptionPsychotic experiences, perceptual phenomena and nearby terms that require careful distinction.8 termsAuditory hallucinationDelusionHallucination Substance useTerms used to describe substance-related patterns, physiological adaptation and return to use.8 termsCravingDependenceHarmful use

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MSE vs MMSEAssessment and measurement Delirium vs dementiaCognition Mood vs affectMental state examination

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